Improvement in binding attachments for sewing-machines



J. S. STEINER.

Binding Attachment for Sewing Machines.

Patented March *7, 1865.

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JACOB S. STEINER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN BINDING ATTACHMENTS FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,722, dated March 7,1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB S. STEINER, of the city and county of St.Louis, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and usefulImprovementinBindingAttachments for Sewing: Machines; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the lettersof reference marked thereon and forming part of this specification, inwhich Figure l is a perspective view of a sewingmachine with one of thebinding attachments affixed to it in working order. Fig. 2 is anenlarged perspective view of the top and front of the bindingattachment. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the top and backof the binding attachment. Fig. at is a front eleration of theattachment with the foot h and guides e and c removed. Fig. 5 is a topview of the guide 0.

The nature of the invention relates to so constructing abindingattachment that it may be applied to any sewing-machine, and which willwork with equal facility on the most delicate fabric or the coarsest andheaviest material, and will leave no interstice or empty space betweenthe binding and the fabric to which it is attached; but will press thebinding close up to the edge of the thing bound in all instances.

The binding attachment is secured to the sewing'machine by means of thescrews in a passing through the slot 0 in the bed-plate A of theattachment, and which are to be screwed down Light on the washers 0 0,which rest on the bed-plate A. For this purpose two holes with suitablescrew-threads must be cut in the plate b of the sewing-machine.

The plateB is placed on top of the plate A, and is secured to it bymeans of the screws 01 n, which pass through large slots in the plate B,so that when they are released it may be moved either laterally orlongitudinally for the purposes hereinafter described.

Attached to the front edge of the plate B is the semi-conical guide d,the apex of which is placed even with the forward front corner of theplate B, and the two pieces are firmly fastened together in such amanner that the convex side of the guide (I is toward the plate B,

and the lower edge of it is parallel with the table on which it rests.

The guides e and e are two pieces of thin metal, the front edges ofwhich are bent over into triangular-shaped lips, which envelop the frontedges of the semi-conical guide d, as seen in Fig. 2. The back ends ofthe guides ee are securely fastened to the plate A by means of the screwit. There is a small square opening, S, left in the extreme fore frontcorner of the guides e 6, through which the needle passes in itsoperation. Thefoot h is placed opposite and close to the front edges ofthe guides c c at the ends nearest the needle of the machine,

and it is held in this position by means of the springg, the oppositeend of which is held fast by the screw It.

Along the front edge of the plate B, in the rearofthe guidese, c, andd,areerectedtheposts w 00 00, between which are placed the slides m m,the backs of which are provided with the guides i and t, as clearly seenin Fig. 3.

In the rear of the post 00 is a vertical guide, to,

which is pivoted at 'w. This guide may be opened so as to leave a spacebetween it and the post 00; or it may be closed tight against it, and itcan be held fast in any desired position by tightening the screw a.

To operate the guide, place the binding to be used between the postzrand the guide to. From thence pass it between the guides i and t, thencethrough the slot e, which is left between the posts so as", thencebetween the guides e, e, and d. The guide 10 should be set upjust asclose to the post a; as it can be, and yet permit the binding to passfreelyand easily between them.

The guide 10 can be set off or brought close up to the post or, as hasbeen shown, so as to accommodate binding of any thickness. The guides 'iand t may be moved farther apart or closer together, as may be desired,to accommodate wide or narrow binding. It is expected these guides willwork against the posts war 00 sufficiently tight to beheld fast byfriction. The guides c, c, and d are placed as close together as theycan be to allow the binding to pass between them easily. The lateralmotion given to the guide 11 will be sutficient to allow the thickestbinding to pass between it and the guides cc; or it will close tightlyupon the most delicate fabric. Thelongitudinal motion of the guide (Iwill allow the lines of contact between the guides e, e, and d to bewide or narrow, as may be desired, so as to close firmly upon and holdin place the Widest or narrowest binding. The guides e 0 hold the edgesof the binding open, so that the edge of the article bound willpressclosely up to the center of the cavity of the guide 01, thereby securinga perfectly-tight fit between the binding and the edge of the articlebound. The foot h presses the article bound close up to the guide (I,and insures a smooth, neat job. The usual foot of the machine rests uponthe foot h of the attachment.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In combination with theedge turners or guides e e, the inelosed pressure-guide d,

secured to the adjustable plateB, and arranged and operatingsubstantiallyin the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The spring pressure plate or foot h, combined with the taperingedge-turners e e and inelosed pressure-guide d, arranged and operatingsubstantially as and for the purposeherein set forth.

3. The slides m m and guides i and 15, combined and arrangedsubstantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

4. The employment of the adjustable guide w, substantially in the mannerand for the purpose herein set forth. n

JACOB S. STEINER. Vitnesses:

M. RANDOLPH, E. A. SKEELE.

